BEHIND THE SHIELD: INSIDE THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Within Boston police, more often white officers win the awards and Black officers get punished
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For decades, Black police officers have leveled a steady charge: The Boston Police Department has an unequal system of justice for cops accused of wrongdoing. White officers get breaks and Black officers get busted. The department has always denied it, refusing to even study the issue.
But a first-of-its-kind analysis of a decade of police data conducted by the Globe shows that racial discrepancies are baked into the operations of the department.
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